London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT—
PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Staff 5
VITAL STATISTICS—
Area 7
Population 7
Births 7
Deaths 8
Marriages 8
Infantile Mortality Rates 9
Deaths from Tuberculosis 9
Vital Statistics of District 10
Causes of Death 11
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 13
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1954 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 15
Food Poisoning 15
Disinfection 16
Cleansing Station 16
Typhoid Carrier 17
Cases Notified in 1954 18
Cases Notified for last ten years 19
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 20
Notification Register 20
Summary of Notifications 21
SANITARY—Circumstances of the Borough
Housing 22
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding 22
Eradication of Bed Bugs 23